Greater Hamburg Act
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The Greater Hamburg Act was a 1937 law in Nazi Germany that reorganized the borders and status of several northern German cities and territories, notably expanding Hamburg and stripping Lübeck of its long-standing independence.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German federal law
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| affectedCity |
Altona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Harburg-Wilhelmsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Lübeck NERFINISHED ⓘ Wandsbek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affectedState |
Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Elbe River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lower Elbe area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| changedStatusOf |
City of Hamburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
adjustment of Prussian provincial borders
ⓘ
creation of Greater Hamburg ⓘ loss of Lübeck’s independence ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1937-01-26 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1937-04-01 ⓘ |
| effectOnHamburg |
enlarged territory
ⓘ
incorporated surrounding Prussian cities ⓘ |
| effectOnLübeck |
abolished statehood
ⓘ
ended imperial immediacy tradition ⓘ integrated Lübeck into Prussia ⓘ |
| GermanName | Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Nazi era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| legalArea |
administrative law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Reichstag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Nazi regime ⓘ |
| purpose |
expansion of Hamburg
ⓘ
reduction of Lübeck’s political status ⓘ territorial reorganization of northern Germany ⓘ |
| region | Northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCity |
Bremerhaven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kiel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | centralization of power in Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| shortName | Greater Hamburg Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedBy | Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| transferredFromHamburgToPrussia | Cuxhaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transferredFromPrussiaToHamburg |
Altona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harburg-Wilhelmsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Wandsbek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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